Boot or shoe



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BOOT OR SHOE.

Patented May I2, 1885.

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II-D/Eqkcuc U ITED STATES PAT NT OF ICE,

LEE E. MOORE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,562, dated May 12,1885.

Application filedAngnst 2, xesa. (So model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, LEE E. Moose, of Boston, county of Suffolk, State oflilas aehusetts,

have inyented'a new and useful Improvement in Boots or Shoes, of whichthe following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description,reference being bad to the drawings accompanying and forming a parthereof, in which- Figure 1 is a section across the fore part of v1Q myshoe after it has been lasted, the right-hand side showing the outsolein position, and the left'hand side showing the insole, upper, and weltas theyappear after being secured together. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe insole used.

The chief object of my invention is to secure a boot or shoe of superiorquality and at less. cost than that at which goods of the same generalkind are now produced, I am able to do this by the method ofconstructionemployed, and more particularly by the use of an insole ofthe peculiar character'shown. My invention will be readily understoodfrom the following description, in which I use 2 letters of reference tothe accompanying drawlugs.

The insole A, shown in cross-section in Fig. 2, and which is necessaryforthe construction ofaboot orshoc in the manner herein set forth, isprovided at its upper edge with a feather,

a, and at its lower edge with a flange, b,projectingdownward,substantially at rightangles to the body of the sole.lt will be readily seen that in constructing this inner sole the round-5 ed-out sole-blank is channeled either directly from the edge,(sceright-hand side of Fig. 2,) or on the upper surface some distance infrom the edge. (Sceleft-hand side of Fig. 2.) Ailcr channeling thesole-blank the portion outside of or below the channel is turneddownward substantially at right angles to the body of the sole, and set;and pressed in that position.

In constructing my shoe the insole is placed on the bottom of the lastB, the feather a be ing nextthe last, and the upper and lining 5 arebrought over the last, and over the feather,

and placed against the projecting flange b of the insole. A welt-stripis then laid on the outside of the upper, and the whole isthen securedtogether by a line of stitches, as shown at d, Fig. 1.

In the operation of sewing I prefer to usea wax-thread machine fittedwith the work-rest and guide attachment patented to James H. Cutten, asshown and described in Letters 5;, Patent X0. 275,365, dated 10th day ofApril, 1883 p n l.

After the operation of sewing, the project? ing flange d, as also theprojecting edge of the lining and upper, is trimmed andhammered a down,and the filling and outsole are secured in position by a line ofstitches (shown at f) passing through the welt and outsolc. The boot orshoe is'then finished in the well-known manner.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming herein the invention shownand claimed in my application No. 139,449, filed simultaneouslyherewith.

\YhatI claim is-. 7

A boot or shoe having an inner sole provided with adowuwardLv-projecting flap or flange formed by channeling or slittingthe sole inward from or near its edge, in combination with an outersole, an upper tcrminating within the outer edge of the outer sole, anda welt, said projecting flap or flange, upper, and welt being securedtogether by a line of stitches, and said welt and outer sole beingsecured together bya second line ofstitches 8c outside of the firstline, substantially as set forth.

i a LEE a MOORE;

\Vitnesses: I Y

L. M. 'MAcLEon, II. E. BARRY.

